June 25 - The 6th armada reaches Mozambique Island.

June 22, 1500 - Cabral's three-ship squadron hobble on to Mozambique Island.

Spring, 1501 - Cabral's fleet reaches Mozambique Island.

Minibuses which go from Mozambique Island to Nampula daily, the bus stop is 5 minutes away from the train station.

The return journey is quick and relatively smooth, with only one stop in Mozambique Island.

Lopes reports how his ship was nearly sunk in a collision with another off Mozambique Island.

The principal drawback was that Mozambique Island was parched and infertile.

Later, their sons landed on Mozambique Island to survey the situation.

Abreu immediately directed operations to capture nearby Mozambique Island, which had a much more suitable harbor and was disease-free.

The Captaincy of Sofala was thus enlarged to include Mozambique Island.